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Pietro Michis (Milan August 12 1836 – November 24 1903) was an Italian painter.He was a resident of Milan and in 1851 began studies at the Brera Academy under Giuseppe Bertini. He married the painter Maria Cattaneo; they often worked together on canvases. He became director of the school of painting in Pavia.Michis mainly painted both pure genre and historic subjects sometimes called genere de costume or costumed genre.